Archives: Base metals

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd has been awarded more than US$1.7 million in two new engineering and survey contracts for separate copper leach pad mining projects in southern Arizona. One of the new contracts is for a two-year master service agreement for a copper leach pad. As part of the assignment, Bowman is supplying engineering and[…]

Orexplore Technologies Ltd, the mineral scanning technology company focusing on the global mining and metals sector, has signed a binding agreement with BHP for a field deployment at the Carrapateena mine in South Australia. Under this agreement, valued at approximately A$1.55 million, Orexplore will deliver site-based drill-core and sample digitisation services for BHP. This work will[…]

Sandvik Mining has successfully delivered a cutting-edge 63 t class TH663i truck to the Zone 5 copper-silver mine, owned by Khoemacau Copper Mining in Botswana, in partnership with mining contractor Barminco. The operation is in the heart of the Kalahari Copper Belt. The Khoemacau operations are comprised of the Zone 5 underground mine and associated[…]

The operating logic and control for the vast majority of cone crushers has largely remained basic over the decades. Despite theoretical proof from simulation or from pilot-to-small scale trials on more advanced cone control logic, the control adopted on most modern projects continues to factor in minimal inputs and have only basic control of feed[…]

The Avebury nickel sulphide project has come out of care and maintenance after 10 long years and has stepped into the future of mining with the help of RCT. Owner Mallee Resources has empowered the site by installing RCT’s Digital Automation on three of its Sandvik LH517i loaders on site. Together with the deployment of[…]

BacTech Environmental Corp, a commercially proven environmental technology company delivering eco-friendly bioleaching and remediation solutions for precious metal and critical mineral recovery, has announced that industry partner MIRARCO Mining Innovation will receive C$280,000 in grant money through the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network, a program focused on developing initiatives for the commercialisation of mining[…]

Ceibo, a Chilean advanced copper extraction technology company, has announced that BHP Ventures has joined as investor, closing its Series B financing for over US$30 million to accelerate its primary and secondary sulphides leaching process. Ceibo says it has put together a consortium of world leading financial investors and mining companies, which are collaborating and[…]

Leading underground contract miner Redpath Australia is embracing the benefits of digital training by putting advanced Sandvik simulators to use, both at its head office in Brisbane and on site. Wanting to explore the safety and productivity gains of virtual training methods, Redpath has been using simulators for Sandvik’s AutoMine® automation system, LH517i loader and[…]

In its half yearly financial report for the six months ended June 30, 2023, copper mining major Antofagasta PLC gave some detailed insight into expansion plans for two of its flagship Chilean copper mines – Los Pelambres and Centinela. The Los Pelambres Expansion project is divided into two phases with Phase 1 expected to be[…]

ABB is collaborating with Norge Mining to conduct a FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) study for a future Norwegian upstream mine production which it says has the potential to supply minerals used in electric vehicles and solar panels needed for the clean energy revolution, and fertiliser demand, for at least 50 years. The deposit contains[…]